{"id":1964,"date":"2021-01-21T08:06:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/600999746e7b8956c25397ec"},"modified":"2021-01-21T08:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:06:38","slug":"sample-snitching-how-online-fan-chatter-can-create-legal-trouble-for-rap-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authoritydaily.com\/sample-snitching-how-online-fan-chatter-can-create-legal-trouble-for-rap-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Snitching: How Online Fan Chatter Can Create Legal Trouble for Rap Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/600999d4b56da54a89e0d779\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/copyright%2520djs%25202.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted lazyload\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>By the late \u201980s, new technology made it possible for producers to take \u201cthe original hip-hop DJ concept and apply it to making hip-hop records,\u201d by making \u201ccut and paste collages using older obscure records and electronic samplers,\u201d Manak explained. As a young San Jose producer, he debuted under the name Chris Cut on Lyrical Prophecy\u2019s 1990 single \u201cYou Can\u2019t Swing This.\u201d \u201cThere was a pride in finding the most off-the-wall stuff sometimes and making hip-hop out of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, Gilbert O\u2019Sullivan filed a suit against Biz Markie that established the use of uncleared samples as copyright infringement, placing a significant roadblock for sampling producers just as the practice was beginning to reach a creative peak. Then there were bootlegs like <em>Pete Treats<\/em> and the <em>Tribe Vibes<\/em> series, which compiled sample sources of particular star producers. As the \u201990s became the 2000s, soul-sampling producers like Diddy\u2019s Hitmen, Just Blaze, and Kanye West came to define the sound of mainstream rap, and with them came <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2006\/11\/the-shady-one-man-corporation-that-s-destroying-hip-hop.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2006\/11\/the-shady-one-man-corporation-that-s-destroying-hip-hop.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201csample troll\u201d corporations<\/a> that specialized in demanding proceeds from major releases. <em>The Holy Book of Hip-Hop<\/em>, a mysterious volume sold in record shops, claimed to identify the samples for hundreds of popular hip-hop songs (many of its entries turned out to be incorrect), and the now-defunct website Encyclopedia Breakannica brought the sample-spotting model online.<\/p>\n<p>DJ Premier recorded a rant about this increased scrutiny on Gang Starr\u2019s classic 1998 album <em>Moment of Truth.<\/em> \u201cWhat\u2019s the deal with you break record cats that\u2019s puttin\u2019 out all the original records that we sampled from and <em>snitchin\u2019<\/em> by putting <em>us<\/em> on the back of it, saying that we used stuff?\u201d he asked on the outro to \u201cRoyalty.\u201d \u201cStop doing that! Y\u2019all are violatin\u2019, straight up and down!\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>It\u2019s worth pointing out that two of the most fascinating hip-hop trends of the past few years\u2014revivalist street-hop modelled on \u201990s thug-rap and <em>Donuts<\/em>-style beat loops\u2014center on a renewed zeal for the art of sampling. Despite the legal risks, some producers use samples freely, with little thought of consequences. \u201cA lot of times, the artists on our roster either don\u2019t remember where they got certain samples from, or just don\u2019t even tell us they sampled,\u201d Manak said. \u201cSometimes we find out after the fact, when we get that call from the artist who was sampled.\u201d Other artists have taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/article\/how-loops-are-changing-the-sound-and-business-of-rap-production\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">using sample-like audio loops<\/a> crafted by instrumentalists and producers for the express purpose of licensing to hip-hop beatmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Old heads might remember Mike Herard, vice president of A&R for Shady Records, as \u201cMike Heron,\u201d a producer and co-owner of the excellent \u201990s butter beats label Hydra Entertainment. \u201cI\u2019m old school, bro, I\u2019m from the street culture,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the \u2018no snitching\u2019 thing, right? I\u2019m not with telling people stuff, especially if it\u2019s going to get people sued.\u201d Still, he acknowledges, \u201cThe beat culture is huge, and all these kids are communicating with each other. It\u2019s very different than it was back when I was a kid.\u201d Without a community of fans and producers talking about sampling online, trading tips and occasional sample sources, it\u2019s possible that the culture Herard references would not be quite as vibrant.<\/p>\n<p>Alapatt, who in 1999 scratched and cut on Count Bass D\u2019s indie hit \u201cViolatin\u2019,\u201d an homage to Premo\u2019s <em>Moment of Truth<\/em> broadside about sample snitching, now says he doesn\u2019t mind when fans talk about samples online. These days, he\u2019s more concerned with convincing artists that it\u2019s better to properly clear samples than hope you don\u2019t get sued. Now that hip-hop is a dominant force in mainstream culture, rightsholders are generally more prepared to negotiate licensing deals, seeing sampling as a legitimate new revenue source for aging catalogs rather than an attempt to steal intellectual property. \u201cIt isn\u2019t that expensive anymore. The days of punitive sample clearance fees because the people that represented the catalog didn\u2019t like rap music or whatever\u2014those days are pretty much gone,\u201d Alapatt said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the late \u201980s, new technology made it possible for producers to take \u201cthe original hip-hop DJ concept and apply it to making hip-hop records,\u201d by making \u201ccut and paste collages using older obscure records and electronic samplers,\u201d Manak explained. As a young San Jose producer, he debuted under the name Chris Cut on 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